[Marxistindia] CPI(M)-CPI joint statement on Afghanistan situation

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August 18, 2021
 
Press Statement
 
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India have issued
the following joint statement:
 
On Afghanistan Situation
 
The United States has suffered a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. Twenty
years after the toppling of the then Taliban regime, the Taliban are back in
power. The collapse of the Ashraf Ghani led government and the National Army
shows the hollowness of the nature of the State set up by the US and it's
NATO allies.
 
The Afghan policy of the Indian government had been blindly following the
Americans and this had resulted in its isolation in the region and is hence
left with few options.
 
The earlier Taliban government of the 1990s was marked by an extreme
fundamentalist approach, which was disastrous for women, girl children and
suppressed ethnic minorities.
 
It is imperative that the new set-up controlled by the Taliban give due
regard to the rights of women and acknowledge the rights of ethnic
minorities.
 
The international community's concern that Afghanistan should not become a
haven for terrorist groups like the Islamic State and the Al Qaeda was
collectively expressed by the United Nations Security Council in its
emergency meeting on Afghanistan on August 16.
 
India must work closely with major regional powers to see that the Afghan
people are able to live in a peaceful and stable environment. Indian
government should immediately work towards safe evacuation of all stranded
Indian citizens in Afghanistan. 
 
 
 
(Issued from CPI(M) Central Committee office)
 
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